![]() ![]() ![]() If I’d started the series at the beginning I might know why they left the Secret Service under clouded circumstances. This is Baldacci’s fourth novel featuring the team of Sean and Melissa. Our gradual understanding of what drives him parallels the fall of our admiration for several other characters who at first appeared virtuous but are revealed as anything but. As the story unfolds, we come to appreciate the ingenuity he brings to bear on his personal concepts of right and wrong. He is ruthless, even fanatical, in the pursuit of his brand of justice, but then we see him stop in a nursing home to read Jane Austin to his daughter who has been in a coma for 13 years. In fact, for me, Sam Quarry, the mastermind of the kidnapping plot is likely to be the most unforgettable character. ![]() As ex-Secret Service agents, both know Washingon, and in this case, the first lady, who calls them when her 12 year old niece, Willa, is kidnapped.Īt first, we know who the good guys and bad guys are, and the breakdown of that certainty as the story moves forward is the single most telling feature of this tale. Sometimes you luck out and find good reads just by browsing, and so it was with David Baldacci’s First Family, 2009, an action adventure novel featuring private detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell. ![]()
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